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de  la  nettet^  de  l'exemplaire  film^,  et  en 
conformity  avec  les  conditions  du  contrat  de 
filmage. 


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par  le  premier  plat  et  en  terminant  soit  par  la 
dernidre  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration,  soit  par  le  second 
plat,  salon  le  cas.  Tous  les  autres  exempiaires 
originaux  sont  filmis  en  commenpant  par  la 
premiere  page  qui  comporte  une  ttmpreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration  et  en  terminant  par 
la  dernidre  page  qui  comporte  une  telle 
empreinte. 

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dernidre  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  selon  le 
cas:  le  symbole  — *•  signifie  "A  SUIVRE",  le 
symbole  V  signifie  "FIN". 

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fiimds  d  des  taux  de  reduction  diffdrents. 
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de  Tangle  supirieur  gauche,  dn  gauche  Pt  droits, 
et  de  haut  en  bas,  en  prenant  ie  nombre 
d'images  nicessaire.  Les  diagrammes  suivants 
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SHORT  ACCOUNT 


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LIFE  AND  DEA.TH 


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Mrs.  MARY  SCOTT, 


OF  WINDSOR  NOVA  SCOTIA. 


BY   W.    BLACK,    PRESBETER 
OF  THE  M,  E.  CHURCH. 


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LIFE  AND  RE  ATI!  of  Mrs.  SCOTT. 


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IT  is  generally  allowed,  tliat  few  things  have  a  great- 
er influence  in  convincing   thofj  who  know   not 
God,  of  the  excellency,  beauty,   and  nccedity  of  in- 
ward Religion  •,    or  of  exciting  feeble  believers  to  a 
more  fteady,  a<Slive,   and  vigorous  purfuit  after  holi- 
nefs,  than  the  beholding  the  facred  precepts  of  the  Re- 
deemer's Law,  and  the  precious  promifes  of  his  Gof- 
pel,  drawn  out  in  the  lives  and  experience  of  tlie  god- 
ly.    Hence  it  is,  that  the  examples  of  the  righteous, 
in   all  ages,  have  been  held  forth  for  imitation,  and, 
though  dead,  they    yet  fpeak  in  a  powerful  and  in- 
ftructive  language.     The  memory  of  the  juft  fliail 
be  blefled,  while'that  of  the  wicked  fliall  perifli.  Yea, 
the  charafters  of  the  righteous  will  fhine   in  the  re- 
cords   of  eternal   fame,   while  the   ungodly  fhall  he 
branded  with  everlafting  infamy.     As  God  is  not  un- 
faithful to  forget  the   work  of  'faith,  the  patience  of 
hope,  and  the  labour  of  love,  of  hispeople,  why  fhouli 
we  ?  What  is  the  i  ith  chapter  to  the  Hebrews,  but  an 
account  of  the  faith,  patience,   fullering,  and  blefled 
end  of  thofe,   who   counted  all  things,  but  drols,  for 
the  excellency  of  the  knowledge  of  God  in  Chrift  Je- 
fas  .?  We  have  often  found  the  lives  of  the  holy  men 
recorded  in    the  Bible,  as    v/eil  as  tbofe  of   modern 
days,  which  by  the  gracious  providence  of  God,  have 
fallen  into  our  hands,  made  ufeful  to  the  (Irengthen- 
ing  of  our  faith,  confirming  our  hopCj  and   inflaming 
our  fouls  with  greater  love  to  Jefus.  The  fame  I  hum- 
bly hope,  will  be  the  efFe6l  of  a  ierious  perufal  of  the 
following  fliort  Narrative. 

Mrs.  Mary  Scott,  was  born   at  Newtdwn,  near 
Stockdey  in  Yorkfhlre  :  Her  maiden  name  was  Bode- 


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rick.  While  fhe  was  very  young,  the  Lord  began 
gracioufly  to  work  upon  her  tender  mind.  She  haddie 
happinefs  to  be  brought  up  in  a  phice  where  the  gof- 
pel  was  preached  ;  and  fomc  of  her  relations  were  re- 
markable for  piety  ;  fo  that  warnings  and  admonitions 
were  not  wanting,  either  from  the  miniflers,  or  her 
private  friends  :  nor  were  thei^ pious  labours  altogeth- 
er loll.  She  had  frequent  and  powerful  convidlons, 
and  fcr'cnt  defir/Cs  to  obtain  the  pardon  of  fin  j  fome- 
times  great  meltings  of  foul,  under  a  fenfe  of  divine 
things  ;  and  her  mind  was  much  afFecled  with  a  view 
of  her  loft  efLate.  But  although  her  life  was  moral, 
yet  her  heart  was  not  changed.  .  The  allurements  of 
the  world,  and  the  temptations  of  the  devil,  again  pre- 
dominated in  fuch  a  manner,  as,  nearly,  to  quench  all 
the  convidioHs  of  the  holy  Spirit- 
After  her  marriage  with  Mr.  Scott,  and  removal  to 
Cumberland,  in  Nova  Scotia,  the  cares  of  the  world 
overwhelmed  her  mind,  the  thoughts  of  being  in 
a  flrange  land,  in  fomewhat  ftreightened  circumltan- 
ces,  without  friends,  diilippointed  in  their  expeda- 
tions,  and,  above  all,  the  lofs  of  a  dear  child,  render- 
ed their  profpe£l:  in  life,  extremely  gloomy  ;  which 
had  fuch  an  efFed:  upon  her  as  almoft  broke  her  heart. 
From  Cumberland  they  removed  to  Windfor,  took  % 
farm,  and  experienced  great  reverfeof  circumftances: 
Almofl  every  thing  they  did  profpered,  and  riches 
flowed  In  upon  them  in  abundance.  But  neither  their 
preceding  adverfity,  nor  fubfequent  profperity,  could 
win  her  heart  to  Gotl.  Under  the  former,  (lie  funk 
into  fullen  murmurings  and  bitter  complaints  •,  under 
tlie  latter,  her  mind  was  dilated  with  pride,  and  dilii- 
pated  with  carelelTncfs. 

In  the  year  1781,  the  Lord  begcin  again  to  work 
powerfully  upon  her  foul.  Mr.  J.  S.  called  upon  her 
one  day,  with  a  propofal  to  eftablifn  meetings  on  the 
Sabbath,  for  prayer,  and  other  religious  exercifcs  ; 
iometiiiies  at  one  houfe,  and  fome  times  at  another  i 


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Tf:e  Ufe  and  Death  of  Mrs.  .Scott.  •  S 

to  which  file  confcntecl.     Prcfcntlv   after  her  former 
religious  imprellions  revived,  attcndjd    with  remcrfe 
and  f'ilf-coiidemnatlon.     She  faw,  and   felt  herfclf  a 
guilty  criminal ;  the  remembrance  of  her  baekllidings 
became  intolerable  \  (he  loathed  lin  \ — ^^abhored  lier- 
felf  on    accouut    of   it ; — and    v/as  confeious,    that 
without   the  grace  of  Chrift,   Ihe  could    do    nothing 
plrafing  to  God.     Shame  covered  her  face  ;  flie  con- 
fefl'ed  her  vile  ingratitude,  and  humbled  herfelf  under 
the  mightv  hand  of   God.     Now  her  gr:ind  enquiry 
was,  not,  "What  Ihall   I  eat  ?  "What  ftiail   I  drink  ? 
or,  whcrewithall  flialf  I  be  cloathed  ?  But  "  V/hat  fliall 
I  do  to   be  faved  ?  H'ow  fliall  I  efeape    the  wrath  to 
come  r"  Every   thing  elfe  appeared  vain,  and  empty. 
"How  can  I  take    comfort  in   any  thing,    faid    ihe, 
while  my  fins  are  unpardpned,  and  my  foul  at  enmity 
with    God  !  No  :  I  will    not  !   I  cannot  reft,   until  I 
find  comfort  through  the  fprinkling  of   the  blood  of 
Jefus  !"  Her  dlfbefs  increafing   every  day,  convhic* 
cd  her  more  deeply  of  the  oppofition  in  her  nature,  to 
the  Will  and  Law  of  God.     She   faw  that  her  very 
prayers  and  duties  had  need  of  forgivnefs  \  and  that 
there  was  no  other  Name  given  und:r  heaven  where- 
by ilie  could  be  faved,  but  that  of  J  f. sus.     being  driv- 
en from  every  refuge,  and  ready  to  fink  into  difpair, 
ihe    threw  herfelf  into   the  arms  of   the   Redeemer, 
With,  ^^  ]f  I pcri/Jjy  I p.^ri/Jj  /"  And  was  faved  by  Grace. 
The    glorious   Hght  of  hcaveii  illuminated  lier  mmd, 
— guilty  fears   vaniihed  av/ay,    and  the    kingdom  of 
God  took   place  in  her  lieart.     The  diilrefi  flie  felt 
before  dehverance,  was  fo  extreme,  that,  when  the 
Lord  was  plcafed  to  manifeil  his  goodnefs,  and  reveal 
his  Son  to  her,  {he  was  fo  overpowered  with  divine 
love,  that,  whether  flie  was  in  the  body,  or  out  of  the 
body,  Ihe  could  hardly  tell.     Lideed,  the  exceeding  a- 
bundance  of  joy  did  not  continue  long,  but  however, 
it  left  a  peaceful  and  holy  lerenity  upon   her  fpirit. 

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Being  jiiftificd  by  faith,  flie  had  peace  with  God.  Tlie 

ff  !?^^  ?M  ^"'  ^""^^  ^"^okiiYi,  and  fhc  entered  into  .the 
blelTcd  hberty  of  the  Gofpel. 

Her  Faith  was  not  a  cold  notion  in  the  head,  or  a 
bare  aflc-iit  of  the  underflanding  to  the  truths  of  the 
13iblc  ;  but  a  divine  and  living  principle  in  the  heart, 
wrought  by  the  power  of  the  Holy  Spirit :  It  was  the 
evidence  of  things  not  feen,  and  the  fubllance  of 
things  hoped  for  :  It  penetrated  heaven  ;  looked 
through  the  curtain  of  the  ikies ;  and  beheld  him  who 
js  invifible,  and  the  centre  of  all  perfedion  and  hap- 
pinefs;  even  Jefus,  God  over  all,  bleiled  for  ever. 
Iromhimihe  derived  couftant  fupplies  of  wifdom 
and  Itrength,  peace  and  comfort. 

Faith  worketh  by  love  5  This  was  eminently  fo  in 
her  :  The  love  of  God  was  flied  abroad  in  her  heart ; 
her  defires   were  habitually  turned  towards  him,  as 
her  only  choice  and  portion.     Many  times   did  flio 
cry  out  with  the  Pfalmift,  "Whom  have  I  in  Heaven, 
but  thee  ?  And  there  is  none  in  all  the  earth,  that  I  de- 
fire  befide  thee  !"  Her  foul  delighted  in  the  Lord,  and 
rejoiced  in  the  God  of  her  falvation.     She  could   not 
reft  without  a  fenfe  of  his  favour  !  If  he  did  but  hid*=^ 
his  face,  flie  was  troubled,  and   mourned  and  wept, 
until  he  fmiled  again.     His  Will  was  the  rule  of  her 
life  ;  and  the  example  of  Jefus,  the  copy  which  fhe 
imitated.     Her  thirft  for  holinefs  was  intenfe  ;  fome- 
times  to  that  degree  that  it  well  nigh  overpowered  her 
body.     She  could  not  bear  the  thought,  that  any  un- 
holy temper,  lliould  remain  in  her  foul.    Perhaps  few  • 
perfons  ever  felt  a  greater   abhorrence    to  fin  :  She 
was  thoroughly  convinced  of  its  remains,  and  refo- 
•  lutely  refolved  to  obtain  through  Chrift,  its  utter  de- 
ftrudion.     From  the  Bible  fhe  learned,  that  there  is 
no  work,  or  device  in  the  grave  ;  that  death  cannot 
deftroy  fin  ;  that  the  Blood  and  Spirit  of  Chrift  alone 
can  r(X>t  out  the  carnal  mind  :  that  God  hath  promif- 
ed  to  fauftify  his  faithful  people  tJiroughout,  foul,  bo- 


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The  Life  and  Death  of  Mi's,  Scott.  7 

dy,  and  fpirlt.  All  this  (he  ftedfaflly  believed,  and 
importunately  fought.  The  expedtation  of  experi- 
encing this  blefling,  animated  her  in  the  path  of  obe- 
dience, and  drew  forth  her  whole  heart,  in  faith  and 
love. 

It  wa5  no  uncommon  thing  to  be  on  her  knees 
wreftling  with  God  in  prayer,  in  behalf  of  herfelf, 
her  friends,  and  the  church  of  God,  for  two  or  three 
liours,  after  the  family  were  loll  in  filent  flumbers^ 
Here  it  was,  that  her  divine  Mailer,  in  a  particular 
manner  manifefted  the  fecrets  of  his  love,  and  poured 
out  thofe  uncommon  confolations,  with  which  flie 
was  fo  highly  favoured.  Frequently  did  her  hulband 
rife  from  his  bed,  after  having  flept  fomc  time,  and 
liflen  to  what  paffed  between  God  and  her,  in  the 
next  room  Sometimes  fhe  was  bathed  in  a  flood  of 
tears,  wreilling  in  all  the  agony  of  prayer,  until  her 
flrength  was  nearly  exhaulted  :  at  other  times  flic 
was  loft  in  wonder,  love,  and  praife,  at  the  light  of 
the  goodnefs  of  God. 

As  this  was  the  manner  in  which  ffie  often  fpent 
great  part  of  the  night :  we  need  not  wonder,  if  we 
find  her  affedions  flowing  after  her  beloved  Lord, 
through  the  day.  She  wiflied  to  think,  and  fpeak  of 
nothing,  but  what,  fome  way  or  other,  led  to  Jcfus. 
"I  want,"  faid  fhe,  "I  want  whatever  I  do,  whether 
I  eat  or  drink,  to  do  all  to  the  glory  of  God."  In  or- 
der to  this,  fhe  endeavoured  to  maintain  a  fpirit  of 
deep  ferloufnefs  and  reverence,  in  all  places ;  confi- 
deringherfelf  as  in  the  prcfence  of  God,  and  accoun- 
table to  him  iox  every  motion  of  her  heart.*  The  or- 
dinances of  Chrlft  were  dear  to  her.  In  the  miniftry 
of  his  word  and  facramcnts, — in  fearching  the  fcrip- 
tures, — in  meetings  for  prayer  and  exhortation, — reli- 
gious converfation, — ferious  meditation  ; — falling  or 
abftinence  5 — and  other  duties  of  devotion,  fhe  took 

*  In  all  my  arquaintancc  with  her,  for  about  nine  ysars,  I  do  not  remember 
0  have  Jieatd  her  je.1,  or  to  ijave  fcen  her  Uu^h  ;  yet  »  chfiftian  finile  oft«a 
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pen  to  receive  them    .n    \^  ^7/^^"^^  ^^""^  '^^vi'nys  o- 

Jon  in  nrnXr!!:^':;  th  1  Jll^Sn^  ^^^^^^  'ft'' 
for  their  Mafter'O'.l-^  t  ?  .  i'  ^^^^^  ^oved  them 
all  the    a;!?         ;     ^"'''-''■■'^    Iicr  dclieht  was  in 

of  Sir  ii'^tii  fo ':r  """'■rr '°  "^"--  ''°'^-" 

t>cuhrly  tliat  execrable  opinion   <  T   ./M     i     (    ''^'" 
be  ()efil,.,l  t.,;.i,     1   I         "  »      ■'^"''t  "'e  body  mav 

t!.e   temples  of  the  Hoi  Gllft       f  ^■°"''  ^'""''^  ^^^ 
the  temnlp  J  r-  \    ,    ■       .^  '  ^^  '"7  tnan  defile 

iK-arttS  a  with  Sa  r  ..'"r.^"'  ^^^  '"  "- 
cr,  and  the  gold  of  fo, if    sL     "n^n^'V'"  ^^^'''^'="'" 

con,e  into^he'r  W  wL';'  j^''^  P^^il'  "^''  "^  P"°^. 
the  danger  of  S'.  ?•  '^ •'  "^g'^'<^^^-'l  to  vara  of 
and  that^r  the  meft     '  J^''^  '""".""■•'^>^cw.d  ihuc, 

.  I>u»"g  the  latter';    t  of  l.T  life '^f  '"'"'""■• 
thnes  vifited  with  ficLef.S,  ?».•»'.,  ^  ''■^'  """^ 
e.xen,pJary  Patience     Aver/lv  "^  u""  '"^■"'"^'tea 

.■.=.tion  .Z  thanlfuhKft   w  iel':""';?  ^'";^'*  f  '^"g" 

rit  of  the  Redeemer  coudinft,  re     'n?  "'"'   ""=  ■'^J''" 
the  rafe  in  the  Iln<TP.;n     -ii    'r      ,  .    '""  ^'''^  "ot  only 

•    To  kind  a„"d  tl'XSf  !  ttlfoT'f ,  "^  '^'^ 
roi.s  travail   wjiich   nearly  de^rhed   her   of  n'"^'' 

iS;CVJ3^tSU"d  '1:  4"i  "cir::;;;: 

even  in  the  ^k^Sttr'en  tJJ^t  bo  etSthtf  ??' 
«-  th«. tended  4  fl«i::/1.J'|,Xf  tS 


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care  of  your  foul  !  feck  the  forgivncfs  of  your  fins  ! 
You  inuit  be  converted  !— Ycaj'and  you  muft  know 
it  too  ! — I  know  my  fins  are  forgiven."  "You  think 
fo,,  madam,"  replied  the  doaor.  "Nay,  (faid  (he)  but 
I  am  fure  of  it  !"  Though  it  was  judged  extremely 
hurtful  for  her  to  fpcak  much,  yet  fhe  could  not  be 
prevailed  on  to  be  filent.  Her  heart  was  fo  full  of 
love  and  divine  confolation,  that  Ihe  could  not  icfrain 
from  praifing  the  Lord,  even  when  all  who  were  pre- 
fent  expecl:ed  every  moment  to  fee  her  breathe  her  la  ft. 
Notwithftanding  the  abundauce  of  confolations, 
with  which  our  gracious  Lord  condefcended  to  blefs 
her  through  her  pilgrimage  :■— Yet,  fhe  was  at  inter- 
vals exercifcd  with  ilrong  and  powerful  temptations. 
Sometimes  flie  found  it  diificult  to  hold  fafl  the  be- 
ginning of  her  confidence.  Though  her  heart  utter- 
ly adhorred  the  thought,  yet  for  near  three  weeks  to- 
gether file  has  been  opprefled  with  temptations  to  fu- 
icide.  The  enemy  threw  many  fiery  darts  at  her  righ- 
teous fcul,  and  attempted  by  various  devices,  to  rob  her 
of  her  confidence,  and  turn  her  from  the  way  of  the 
holy  crofs  ;  but  being  divinely  afTifted,  flie  overcame 
him  through  the  blood  of  the  Lamb.  I  doubt  not, 
but  the  confli£ts,  which  flie  endured,  though  they 
were  not  joyous,  but  rather  grievous,  were  over-ruled 
to  the  furtherance  of  her  foul  in  holinefs  *,  and  made 
her  ikillful  in  adminillering  comfort  to  others,  who 
were  tempted.  Though  fhe  durft  not  deny  what  the 
Lord  had  done  for  her  foul,  yet  flie  was  moft  deeply 
abafcd  under  a  view  of  her  fliort  commings.  So  ten- 
der was  her  confcience,  and  fo  lively  a  fenfe  flie  had 
of  the  fpirituallty  of  the  divine  Law,  and  of  the  infin- 
ite purity  of  the  Law-giver,  as  laid  her  whole  foul 
proitrate  before  the  Throne  : 

"She  felt  an  Idle  thought, 

As  actual  wickednefs  ; 
And  mourn'd  for  the  minuteft  fault 

In  exquifite  diflrefs*" 


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'«  "^^'^ -^"fi ''"'lUeatl  of  If,.,.  Scon, 

^^^^^:CLt;S!::L  ^-  '''-^^  ^"  ^  ^- 

that  as  a  wife,  fte  xvlsZ  ful  anc  inTft°- ^  '"  '^^^' 
rfent  and  lovine  ;— a<i  a  Ji^lu       n     '"''"ftfous,  pru- 
d.^r,  and   .ffJioJc  ^-"f"'  ^?,^''  "^^f"'.  tcn- 
liging,  andrendy  tr^elp  *?diSd""''--'"t  t 
-finccre,  „p,.i  („,  ancU-onftant  -.,ndTf   /•p'"'*' 
humble,  patient,  ferious,  devon   and  hi,        '^t''^^?' 
fegmning  cf  December  hf^ft.         •'?>'•     ^"  *^= 

r  and  happy  frame  of  id'iJUi^'l  S  *""''  ';^'^- 
^ler.     It  was  at  thi^  time  n..  J]      V      ^  ^-^^^  <^ver  feen 

«ce  .%„,  ,es  firft~ ti      i -"^^  •  "  "'"'" 
my  power  to  eive  a  mnr»        •     ,  ^  ^''^  "  ^ere  in 

here.^  It  was  f  u  ,  an  affeain"'"r'[  "1"'''°^  "^  « 
fceb!c,  dying  Won/an  tri.fm^r^  .''s'"  '  '^  behoJd  a 
f-iefs  o^  ifs  terr,^'nd7o£?,oT''\  •^^"'•' 
t™e  into  a  glorious  eternity  71  w  f""?''  ""^  "^ 
^■ere  of  fingular  c-mfort  to  V,l'  r  ,  *°""^ving  lines 
expreft  her^dying  fSenti^r       '  ""^  ^^^  '*^^''"« 

«fH-  r.r^^.-  •    r    .   -iieaven  to  ihare  ; 

God  o?hcfs\S"SaJ:  ?°T.\^t"-%-  the 
were  then  prefent    ,L  i^/"  =""  ^"  f"""'"^  who 

Lord  had  Sone  ^or  hellur"^'"'  *^'"S^  ^^'"■'^  '"^^ 
Thompfon  and  Mrs  O'iSn  fl  P""""'-"-'/  'o  Mrs. 
rienced  much  of  the  ^o.A  r  /'"^'  "^  ''^^^  «pe- 
Ae  Lord  in  day  p^r  "  d  "'.'°^'"-" '''"'^"^''^ ''f 
that  my  &ns  wJ.CkeT  T'  ^PP^  '"  ''"°^"'""? 
?  meafu're  ox  the  IZI'T^'.",'^  "'  '•'''=  f"'''^'"'-"  -^ 


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t. 


-  in  a  fetv- 
'jy  to  fay^ 
ious,  pru- 

'^ind,   ob- 
a  friend, 
chri/lian. 
In  the 
no/l  Uve-^ 
ever  ken 
-r  experi- 
were  in 
ion  of  it 
behold  a 
:  death, 
^  out  of 
!g  lines 
likewifc 


in  the 
s  who 
h  the 
Mrs. 
expe- 
:i(s  of 
wing 

:t   of 
my 
until 


The  Life  and  Death  of  Mrs,  Scott.  1 1 

a  few   months    ago,  when  I  was  penetrated  with  a 
convidion  of  the  neccflity  of  entire  purification  :  my 
whole  foul  thirfted  aftt^r  perfect  purity,  and  I  refold- 
ed never  to  reft    without  it ;  being   fuHy   perfuaded 
that  this    was  the  will  of   God,  even  my   fan£lifica- 
tion.     I  knew  that  the  Lord   could  not  be  ftraitened 
for  time  or  power.     I  v/ent  upon  my  knees,  rcfolving 
never  to  give  up  the  fuit,  until  I  found  the  bleffing  : 
I  continued    about  three  hours    in    prayer  ;  during 
which  time  I  experienced   unutterable  things,  and 
found  Jefus  to  be  unfpeakably  precious.  In  this  frame 
I   wxnt  to  reft  !   praihng  the  Lord  for   his  goodnefs* 
After  dofing  a  little,  I  awoke  -,  afraid  left  I  hid  (lept 
too  long,  and,  by  this  means,  loft  time  in  fleep,  which 
•might  have  been  fpent  in  the  more  angelic  work  of 
praife.     I  had  fuch  an  awful  view  of  the  Divine  Ma- 
jefty,  and  of  the  abfolute   neceiTity  of  Chrift,   as  our 
Mediator,  as  I   never   beheld  before  :  and  through 
him,  I  knew  my  acceptance  into  the  new  covenant- 
ftatc  ;  and  all  my  foul  was  wonder  love  and  praife." 
— -—Here  fhe  broke  out  into  holy  rapture   and  joy, 
exhorting  thofe  around  her  to  make  fure  of  an  inter- 
eft  in  Chrift, — and  of  his  fandifying  grace,  without 
which,  ftie  ti^ftified,  they  could  not  enter  into  the  king<^ 
dom  of  heaven. 

She  defired  her  eldeft  daughter  to  fetch  the  linen, 
which  flic  had  laid  afide  for  her  funeral  clothes,  and 
fhew  them  to  Mrs.  O'Brian,  w  ho  was  to  lay  her  body 
out.  Upon  Mrs.  O'Brian's  manifefting  (omQ  reluc- 
tance to  fee  them  ; — Mrs.  Scott  faidto  her,  "What! 
do  you  think  I  am  afraid  to  die  .?  No  !  No  !  While 
you  are  handling  this  dead  body^  my  foul  will  be  in 
heaven  with  my  precious  Jefus !  I  ihall  be  praifmg 
God  with  the  angels,  and  glorioufly  triumphing 
there  !" 

Sunday  the  6th  was  to  her  a   moft  glorious  day. 

Tt  r!,>^w»^,J    « n   \C  \\n%^   f.-\t\\   trr'^c^   in    [-«f>Ttr.^«->     inrl   rdirilhi^n 

with  the  unfpeakable  glories  cf  God.     In  the  aiter«. 


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^'^^iA'"''iI^e.a.fMn.  Scott.- 
noon,  for  a  ffin  f    * 

have   noS '?"'?''  '''^  '"-''     «  S-^^C  ■'"  ^°^- 

thJ^J  :  "  ^'A   fleen  -—Ik        '     -^   '""m  much 

!""S  to  make  me  fleep  X'^T]  ^'"'^  "°'  t^ken   any 
t,  tha   fon,e  tJmes,  I  LmLt  i     •/"  °Wrei?ed  with 
to  iix  It  upon  God      n  "''^  "P  mv  heart  n" 

J^a  this  >  I'cannot  r;ft  JSuf "  .*'""k  thL  i  tl^n 
h^'  '•edeemcd  my  Si  t  T  "'^  ^'^"■'-  ^  know  £" 
yo"  think  the  Lord  vv"     LL      '""°'  ^^^  *«3  ?  Do 

feftmghia  love  aga  n  '  Yet  .^ '^'-'.'  "'"^'"^  «an! 
tnat  lie  IS  mine  i,t<  r  '      ,  •    '^^nnot  < bubt  -—T  l-r,„ 

Soon  after    f^ir- .'™  ^"'  '  "  ^ 

'nk  r  fV    f  J-  ™  ^'"d  to  Mrs    J?  r.     ■ 

anfwered. 


"  1  bone  not     N,  ?  .l'^*f  •'^'  Mrs. 


Ja     '"  ?°'  '  "^"f  A^  'Joftoffa;  ^ '  ^'"'■wered, 

S:   n     """°'  continue  loT;7°""'^  5«remely' 
T  n     "    '^  "^'^^  g'WtJy  reviver!  ^"  >     ^^^'■'"g   thcfe 
J-O'-d,  cut  fliort    thy  vvort    „    ■'  f"^  ""''=''    ^'oud  •   O 
me  to  thyfeJf  r     t  7       '^^  '"  "gbteoufneA    ,.7!     , 
r  «,;ii  1  ^  '  f^o  not  dorhf  ft,     ,  "^"'>  and  take 

rinT.       '".^  "P°n  'Jwe.     But  I    '  /t'°^°  '  ^  """ot  ; 
nous   prefence.     1  cM,n^.  r     '''''^  ^^nt  thy  <r]o 
Jefus  !"      Then    lif.         '  '"'^  V'ithout.mv  m-L-" 
««  Kp^„       ^nen,  Jiftms;   un    hpv     u      ,     '  Precious 

Oh,  how  Dove  thee  ,  rli™"'''  !''=■"  P'"""'  ""^  for  7> 
Praifethee  !  Oh  I  nlv    ""«  *°  ^=  ^itb  thee  I  T    ", 

''Wed  realityTnVS  ""'rf  ''^y-  '  tL'^'I 

I-e^me  be  all  lite  thcc'I  '^^  ^"^^  '"^^  "^X  hear" 

"■"*'>'"^"'l''OX«>entofpraift; 


e  in  God. 
ighes,  "I 
iJ'n  much 
>ken    any 
iTed  with 
heart  as 
J  any  fin 
know  he 
us  ?  Do 
ut  rnan- 
-I  know 

^o    jroii 
fVered, 
remely 
thefe 
id  ;  O 
id  take 
nnot  ; 

y  g^o- 

^clous 

faid, 
—and 
I  be- 
fitted 

crl- 

mo- 

alll 

will 
Is  a 
aJto- 
md, 

his 
in  : 

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« What  care  I  for  this  body  !  I  will  praife  thee  !  All 
the  powers  of  my  foul  fhall  praife  thee  !"  Taking  her 
hufband  by  the  hand,  fhe  faid.  O  my  dear,  praife   the 
Lord,  for  what  he  has  done  for  my  foul !  He  is  mine, 
and  I  am  his  !  He  is  the  great  Jehovah  !  The  mighty 
God  !  He  is  God  over  all !  Lord  of  Glory  !  I  long 
to  be  with  him  !"  She  requefted  her  daughter,  who 
was  coming   to  wet  her  lips,  to  forbear,  laying,   **I 
am  not  thirfty  :  I  want  to  praife  God  !  O  the  good- 
nefs  of  God,   that  ever  he  fhould  look  upon  fuch  a 
wretch  as  I  am,  the  vileft  of  the  vile  !  He  has  redeem- 
ed my  foul.     O  feek  and   ferve   God.     Give  your 
hearts  wholly  to  him.     None  need  defpair  -,  I  was 
the  vileft  of  all  j— yet  I  found  mercy.     O  turn  unto 
the  Lord,  turn  unto  him  now." 

Looking  around,  and  feeing  all  her  friends  weep- 
ing about  the  bed,  flie  cried  out,  «0  praife  the  Lord! 
What !  will  none  of  you  praife  the  Lord  ?  I  fee  the 
Angels  praifing  God  !  I  long  to  be  with  them.  I  fee 
the  Angels  and  Jefus  waiting  to  receive  my  foul  !  I 
fhall  foon  be  there !  But,  Lord,  give  me  patience  I 
O  the  heaven  of  heavens  !  What  a  glorious  fight  I  I 

long  to  be  there  !"  n     r  •  i 

Two  fillers  now  taking  leave  of  her,  (he  Uiid  to 
them,  "I  charge  you  to  meet  me  there  (meaning  in 
heaven)  to  praife  him.  See  that  you  live  clofe  to 
God.  Give  him  your  whole  heart.— You  muft  be 
f  uidtified.  I  find  nothing  elfe  will  do.  It  is  attain- 
able, I  know  it  is  •,— you  muft  experience  what  I  feel. 
Live  near  to  God.  It  is  only  they  that  endure  to  the 
end,  that  can  be  faved."  Then  (lie  prayed  that  the 
Lord  would  keep  them  from  the  temptations  and 
fnares,  with  which  they  might  be  furrounded,  and 
.  make  them  faithful  until  death,  that  they  might  re- 
ceive the  crown  of  life. 

Secins:  a  youngmau  at  the  oppofite  fide  of  the  r^om, 
(he  eara^jilly  exhorted  him,  thai:  if  he  had  not  naw  a 

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cu  ariy  the  e]<ieft.  "OKaty.faid  L,  feek  t te trd -  fc; 
that  yon  fecure  an  nttereft  in  Chrift.  This  I  ZVe  of 
ten  preffedupon  your  confcicnce  before  Nol  I 
charge  you  again,  to  feek  an  iutereft  in  Chrift  Lel'v^ 
A:s  vam.  decatful  world,  or  you  never  can  be  happv' 
Your  dying  mother  declares  to  vo„     th,l  ""^  "I'PPy' 

f'^  "'/"'•--  ^y  ^^^  ^  triiSVou  wi,rb" 

loft  to  al  Eternity.-What !  will  you  go  to  helT  and 

vc„  »  A^  ?°T  '^'S"  y^"  '°  w^c"^  her  in  hea. 
veil.  After  which  flie  prayed,  that  the  bkffinrof 
God  ni.ght  reft  upon  them  all.  ""-'ung  ot 

Having  a  great  dcfirc  ti  fee  Mrs.  Church  of  Wind- 
for,  flie  fent  for  her,  and  faid,  «Come,  fee  ad;,,; 
woman.     I  am  a  living,  and  dying  witnks  of  the^r"? 
ahty,  power,  and  fweetneft  of  religion  !  Oh  I  that 
f  tlie   world  could  hear  me  .-■  I  am  not  aftamed  to 
|!eclare  the  precioufncfs  of  Jcfus  ;  He  is  aJtoKCther 
lovely  ;  the  chief  among  ten  thoufand."    Thus  ftc 
continued   for  near  three  hours,  declaring  theg^od! 
..crs  of  God,  and  exhorting  every  one  to  prqxire  for 
tternity,  by  putting  on  the  Lord  Jefus  ffi  tJut 
they  may  be  found  in  him  without  f,4t  and  bl"me  Jrf 


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lid  never 
y  experi- 
.  and  felt 
afTurlng 
on  earth, 

y ''Don't 
to  praife 
tid  affcc* 
hat  they 
.    Parti- 
ord;  fee 
ha  i'e  of- 
Now,  I 
.  Leave 
happy  I 
lefs  you 
will  be 
'11 ;  and 
for  thtf 
ur  poor 
'  has  o- 
in  hea* 
fling  of' 

Wind- 
dying 
the  re- 
.'  that 
ned  to 
gether 
us  fhc 
good- 
re  for 
:,  that 


The  Life  an^  Death  of  Mrs.  Scott.  f  j 

On  Monday,  to  one  who  was  fitting  by  and  wiping 
the  cold  fwcat  from  her  face,  fhe  faid,  "Oh!  what 
ihould  I  do  if  I  had  no  Jefus  to  go  to  now  ?"  She 
aiked  Mrs.  Hall,  a  perfon  for  whom  ihe  had  a  great 
fricndiliip,  "Will  you  believe  the  words  of  a  dying 
woinan  ?  Then,  remember  this  :  You  mud  be  born 
again,  and  created  anew  in  Chtift  •,— you  muft  be 
l^oly  ; — yea,   and   you   muft  know  it  too :  Without 

holinefs  you  cannot  be  faved." ^^Fo  another  friemi 

ihe  faid,  "I  am  very  weak  ;  but  I  v/ant  to  tell  you  of 
the  goodnefs  of  the  Lord  :  He  is  now  precious  to  me,, 
and  will  befo  to  you,  if  you  feek  and  follow  him,^ 
He  hath  made  my  bed  in  my  ficknefs.  He  is  witb 
me  now  \  and  I  am  with  him." 

Between  three  and  four  o'clock,  fhe  entreated  her 
hufband,.whQ  was  v»feeping  by  the  bed  fide,  not  tc 
murmur  at  the  difpenfations  of  Providence  *,  addmg,> 
"I  ftiall  (hortly  be  in  heaven.     The  Lord  is  with  me 

now,  and  he  will  Hand  by  you  in  all  your  trials." 

About  five  o'clock,  waking  from  a  fhort  flecp,  (he 
broke  out  in  thankfulncfs  and  praife  ;— declaring  that 
the  abundance  of  confo'lation  which  fhe  felt,  was  be- 
yond the  power  of  defcription  :  "It  is  impolhble,  faid 
ilie,  for  words  to  exprefs  the  joys  I  feel !  I  have  had 
a  blefled  view  of  my  home  ;  and  angels  wait  to  guard 
me  there."  She  then  exhorted  every  one  to  feek  the 
favour  of  God,  through  faith  in  Jefus  Chrift  ;  teftify- 
Lng  that  he  died  for  them,  tha-t  they  might  reign  witli 

In  the  morning  (he  was  fpcechiefs  about  five  mi- 
nutes -,  but  recovering  her  voice,  faid,  "I  thought 
my  Lord  had  called  me  •,— "1  thought  I  was  juft 
gone,  but  he  hath  fpared  me  a  li.Li  longer  with  you. 
His  will  be  done."— She  entreated  her  weepmg 
friends  not  to  repine  nor  murmur  •,  adding^  I  am  hap- 
nv.  a"d  vQii  m:iv  be  fo  too,  if  you  will  but  give  up 
yourfeive/to  the  Lord."    Mr.  Sl  obferved,  "  You  ars 


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The  Life  andDetth  of  Mrt.  Scott, 


wore  than  conqueror  •'     "Yea,  fhe  replied,  more  than 
v.aor  !  more  than  viftor  !  let  there  be  no  complain 
ing  rn  our  ftreets."    Thefe  were  her  laft  words.^    a" 
bout  a  quarter  of  an  hour  after,  a,  fte  lay  fpeechleft 
M^S  laid  to  her,  as  your  fi,eech  is  gone,  if  d^eprot 
pea  of  glory  open  fweelly  before  you.  lift  up  your 
hand.-She  .nftantly  threw  up  both  her  hands,  kW 
^em  clafped   on  her  breaft,  and  fell  aileep  i^'  lu 


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